cubiczirconia
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I am sending my older one to seventh grade tomorrow morning. It's not easy, this transition in Middle School where she is a cuddly child one moment and a porcupine who doesn't want to be hugged the next. It's never easy to tell her what I feel, what I expect without ending up in tears. Here is a letter I wrote to her. Just sharing, for those parents whose heart will miss a beat as the children wave for a fraction of a second and disappear among friends... and come home as a different person, mature than they were six hours ago! (Kind of long, and I am not even done saying everything I wanted to say!)
Due to copyright issues, I had to post a link to my blog rather than copy-paste the blog here in entirety.
Here is the link to the complete letter: http://meghanajoshi.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-to-school-blues.html
Excerpt: Realize that your textbook is a guideline of what people your age should know about ? not the entirety of what you should know. Your grandfather wrote textbooks. Your grandmother is working on one right now. Ask them, and they will tell you the process of how textbooks are written. How they tread the path of history, carefully outlining what can be safely discussed and understood in a classroom full of students with diverse backgrounds and varying levels of intellect. Don't let an outline define history to you. There are more people than the listed ones in the textbooks any given time. Their roles were equally crucial in changing the course of time. Just because it is controversial, you cannot deny yourself the pleasure of knowing them.
And, I got a response also, from both the girls, equally amusing to see what they have to say!
http://meghanajoshi.blogspot.com/2012/09/back-to-school-blues-responses.html
Excerpt: Going to seventh grade is a big change for me. More privileges, more responsibilities, and more work. Maybe that would translate into more slacking, and more irresponsible behavior, but hey, I talked to both of my grandmothers today. Surprise, surprise! My perfect parents were not at all perfect children. And you turned out just fine. I?m sure I?ll do too. Let me steer my own ship, but if I get lost in the fog, beam me from the lighthouse.
Due to copyright issues, I had to post a link to my blog rather than copy-paste the blog here in entirety.
Here is the link to the complete letter: http://meghanajoshi.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-to-school-blues.html
Excerpt: Realize that your textbook is a guideline of what people your age should know about ? not the entirety of what you should know. Your grandfather wrote textbooks. Your grandmother is working on one right now. Ask them, and they will tell you the process of how textbooks are written. How they tread the path of history, carefully outlining what can be safely discussed and understood in a classroom full of students with diverse backgrounds and varying levels of intellect. Don't let an outline define history to you. There are more people than the listed ones in the textbooks any given time. Their roles were equally crucial in changing the course of time. Just because it is controversial, you cannot deny yourself the pleasure of knowing them.
And, I got a response also, from both the girls, equally amusing to see what they have to say!
http://meghanajoshi.blogspot.com/2012/09/back-to-school-blues-responses.html
Excerpt: Going to seventh grade is a big change for me. More privileges, more responsibilities, and more work. Maybe that would translate into more slacking, and more irresponsible behavior, but hey, I talked to both of my grandmothers today. Surprise, surprise! My perfect parents were not at all perfect children. And you turned out just fine. I?m sure I?ll do too. Let me steer my own ship, but if I get lost in the fog, beam me from the lighthouse.
I am sure they will!